It is not your doctor's fault but all of the medical training was taught on how to repair and diagnose problems but not how to prevent. Preventive care is in its infancy and unless your doctor is schooled as an herbalist (Homeopathic) or as a nutritionalist, then he will not be familiar with all natural herbal remedies.

Patients who have chronic pain are best treated with medications given on a regular basis throughout the day. Usually doctors prescribe long-acting pain medicines that work for 8 to 12 hours. Research has shown that treating chronic pain with doses around the clock prevents the pain from building up to the point in which it is much more difficult to control. Return to Top

INHERITED: Inherited long QT syndrome was first clearly described in 1957. There are two variants, the autosomal dominant Romano-Ward (named by the doctors who first described the disease, O. Connor Ward and C. Romano) type and the autosomal recessive Jervell, Lange-Nielsen (Doctors A. Jervell, F. Lange-Nielsen) type. Inherited long QT syndrome is caused by mutations of at least 9 genes, and possibly more. Five different genes have so far been found.

Currently, these are the types of drugs that are used to treat PHN: the topical lidocaine patch (the only treatment approved by the Food and Drug Administration for PHN pain), tricylic antidepressant pills, antiseizure drugs (especially gabapentin), and opioids.

David M. Smith, M.D. is the Director of the Eriksen Sports Medicine Clinic at Lafene. He graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School and is Board Certified in Family Practice and Sports Medicine. He has had a private practice with Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Consultants. The Sports Medicine Clinic provides evaluation and treatment of sports related injuries, to include information and advice on fitness, injury prevention, and health effects of exercise.

A meniscal tear can be diagnosed based on your description of how your injury occurred, and by taking a specialized photograph of your knee known as a magnetic resonance imaging or MRI scan. An MRI scan uses very strong magnetic fields to look at the inside of the knee, and allows all the soft tissues, ligaments and cartilage to be seen clearly.

It's important to know exactly how to use EXELON PATCH, where to apply it, and what kinds of activities your loved one can keep doing while wearing it. That's why we've put together this list of frequently asked questions.

Conventional doctors vary in their responses to their patients' wishes to utilize complementary approaches. At best, it is encouraging to report that increasing numbers of regular physicians are learning about the legitimate uses of nutrition and alternative medicine in programs in hospitals and medical schools. Dr. Rao himself is a well-known qualified MD; he feels it is an important part of his work to educate doctors and medical students in these methods.

The doctor programs the amount of nearsightedness in your eyes into a computer which controls the pattern that the laser sculpts. The laser is accurate to the level of .25 microns!

Tell your doctor if the medicine isn't helping. Another type of treatment may help. Your doctor also may refer you to a specialist such as a neurologist or pain clinic. Try to find a doctor who has experience treating PHN. Most pain specialists believe that the vast majority of PHN patients can get meaningful pain relief with the medications currently available.

Just ask him/her if they hold a license in Acupuncture. Ask them if they study Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at a college of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and do not be afraid to ask them to show you their Diploma. Ask them if they took and passed the national exam from the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

A Doctor of Osteopathy attends medical school and accomplishes medical training in internship and residency training programs (our clinic doctors have attended special medical training in pediatric medicine) after graduation from medical school. They also attend additional medical training in osteopathic medicine (alignment of the spine, muscles, and skeleton to maintain health).

There are typically many reasons. One is he or she has not learned of these techniques in medical school or in the course of their work. Another reason is that they cannot, or choose not to spend the time necessary to use this method of treatment. Again, the way insurance is structured these days, in- network doctors are only able to spend a small amount of time per patient. This may change in the future.

Your doctor doesn't always know; MRI scans can be misleading. But MRI scans, along with a extensive review of your symptoms and medical history, can suggest not only the type of tumor but whether it originated in the brain (a primary brain tumor) or spread from another location (a metastatic brain tumor). Surgery, however, is the only definitive way to make the diagnosis of a brain tumor.

Most doctors do not have any training in the use of herbs. All doctors get training and have a manual that tells them what drugs they should recommend but not what the benefits are for different herbs.

If there are symptoms, a doctor may do certain tests to see if there is cancer, usually beginning by looking at the vulva and feeling for lumps. The doctor may then cut out a small piece of tissue (called a biopsy) from the vulva and look at it under a microscope. A patient will be given some medicine to numb the area when the biopsy is done. Some pressure may be felt, but usually with no pain. This test is often done in a doctor's office.

They need to know if you have any of these conditions: Alcohol or drug abuse problems, asthma, lung disease or breathing difficulties, kidney disease, liver disease, mental depression, myasthenia gravis, porphyria, suicidal thoughts, an unusual or allergic reaction to alprazolam, other benzodiazepines, foods, dyes or preservatives, pregnant or trying to get pregnant, breast-feeding.

It is necessary to know when to call a doctor. Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal aches, pain and stiffness, soft tissue tenderness, ge

Women who have regular pelvic exams increase the chance that, if ovarian cancer occurs, it will be found before the disease causes symptoms. However, pelvic exams often cannot find ovarian cancer at an early stage. Often, the doctor orders a blood test to measure a substance in the blood called CA-125. This substance, called a tumor marker, can be produced by ovarian cancer.

It can be hard for your doctor to diagnose CFS because there is no lab test for it. And many signs of CFS are also signs of other illnesses or medical treatments. order urine and blood tests, which will tell your doctor if something other than CFS might be causing your symptoms you have 4 or more of the symptoms listed in the section “What are the signs of CFS?” in this FAQ This process can take a long time (even years), so try to be patient with your doctor.

Well, we are just a family...not a huge multi-billion dollar company. We are trying to educate school nurses about this treatment but we do not have the advertising dollars to spend wildly like the big pharmaceuticals do. Your doctor will probably steer you away from any homegrown remedies like ours. They only believe in chemicals....unfortunately Lindane which is the active ingredient in most over-the-counter and prescription drugs for head lice is a horrible pesticide.

Well, they probably do! At least, they realize how important calcium is to your body. They are already overworked, and generally have little time to keep up with the very latest specific research. Too many times, they are simply told what to say and what is new by representatives of the drug manufacturers. This, of course, can lead to some mis-directed self-interest. All medical professionals do know about the importance of calcium.

First of all ZymaDerm is new, and secondly CBR, Inc. is small so we don't have a $30 million budget for a national advertising campaign or to pay a sales staff to visit physician offices as is typically done with pharmaceuticals. We would appreciate letting your physician know about ZymaDerm to help spread the word. Nothing works all of the time for everyone. However we have over 5000 customers to date and the results of our original study hold true.

To understand how Chinese medicine works, one must first concede that there is no separation of mind, body, and spirit. The body cannot live without the mind and vice versa. Western medicine seeks to separate and examine each of these components of the human experience in minute detail. Unlike Western medicine, the Eastern system does not seek to quantify the measure of health in the body.

The contraceptive patch keeps you from becoming pregnant by delivering continuous levels of the hormones norelgestromin and ethinyl estradiol (progestin and estrogen, respectively) through the skin and into the bloodstream. This is called transdermal administration. Norelgestromin is the active ingredient norgestimate-the progestin in the most popular birth control pill used in the United States.